Police said a man with a large ax charged a news crew Wednesday in a front yard of a home near Nashville.

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Three male staffers with WTVF-TV were working on a story about a squatter and questioned 46-year-old Jude Pischke of Mount Juliet, Tennessee, who became angry, aggressive and threatened the victims, police said.

A video recording of the incident at 1440 Nonaville Road showed that Pischke retrieved the ax from the bed of a nearby pickup truck, lifted the ax back in a swinging position and aggressively charged toward the victims, Mount Juliet police said in a statement.